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Federal Signal is just about to release their new Quadraflare in the 6x4 size. It has some significant improvements over the older style;
- mounting footprint and trim rings are unchanged, which is a welcome surprise.
- lens is now pre-installed at the factory and has a better gasket. This should ensure water tightness as the installer doesn't have to field-install the gasket and lens. Unlike some other brands, the lens IS still removable via 2 screws on the back of the light housing.
- 26 patterns including steady-on and triple-flash-then-steady. The light can flash with horizontal or vertical split patterns, and has a few "x" patterns as well.
- Rear wire exit hole is filled with compound, again to help with water intrusion
- The rear wire exit is a protrusion from the light that is about 1" in diameter and projects about 3/8" from the back of the light. The vehicle body will need to have a 1" hole drilled in it for the wire entry. The nice thing is that means that the wire entry point will be behind the body of the vehicle, though.
- There is a wire (red) to power the top half of the light and a different wire (white) to power the bottom of the light. I'm guessing this is for situations where a multi-colour light is used and you want to turn off the whites at scene. EDIT Mar 23: No dual-colour versions any time soon, though 'split' colour models are available now.
- The light is brighter than previous QF's as it uses 16 LEDs (older models had 10). Federal claims a 45% intensity increase.
- Redesigned reflector gives better 'fill' of the reflector
- Gore-tex gasket to provide a one-way vent for any moisture that might get inside
- More info available on the marketing update (PDF); http://www.fedsig.com/pdf/MU609_QuadraFlare_Redesign12-17-15.pdf
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